Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tioga Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tioga Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tioga Center

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Tioga Center:
  • 42.056185, -76.347992
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Tioga Center

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
  • Since Tioga Center is near Bradford County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Tioga Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tioga Center ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Bumpville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
• Campville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Campville is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
• Catatonk
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Catatonk is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
• Germany Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Germany Hill is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Hill
• Hoopers Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
• Hullsville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hullsville is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
• Milltown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Milltown is located in Bradford County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Owl Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Owl Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hollow
• Price Home
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Price Home is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Home
• Straits Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners

How Far From Tioga Center to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tioga Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tioga Center and extending to:

• Owego, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Tioga Center to Albany, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,328 miles [6,965.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'